Grenoble, Sassenage Started the day with a short class period. We discussed “gros mots” (swear words) and differences in language based on age and gender. After class we had an hour break before leaving for Sassenage. We had been promised swimming, so most of us thought it would be a small beach on a lake. …
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Day 12 – June 27, 2019
Grenoble Started the blazing hot day bright and early. I sat down to breakfast with Janine and we discussed the first round of presidential debates in America. She told me that she and her partner love American politics and find them fascinating. We decided to talk more at dinner. I returned to my room to …
Day 11 – June 26, 2019
Grenoble This was the hottest day we have had to far. According to the news report we were the hottest city in France. It is because heat is trapped in the basin surrounded by mountains here. We started the day with a scavenger hunt hosted by the housing agency that placed us with our families. …
Day 10 – June 25, 2019
Grenoble This was our first day of UofM classes during the program. Because classes at the local university have not started, we have an intensive week with our UM class. The period started at noon, so it was easy to get to the university on time using the tram system. My class played ice breakers …
Day 9 – June 24, 2019
Grenoble My first full day here! I got up around 7:30, Gilbert had said that we would be having breakfast around 8 am so I wanted to be up and ready by then. It turns out that breakfast is not as formal as I though. We had our bowl (yes, bowl) of coffee with sliced …
Day 8 – June 23, 2019
Paris, Grenoble We left Paris early this Sunday morning. We waved goodbye to the good little cat that sat across from our window at the AirBnb and left the neighborhood behind. We walked to the nearby Gare de Lyon to find our train. It was fairly easy, we found it and settled in for the …
Day 7 – June 22, 2019
Paris Our final day in Paris, how sad! We made it count, don’t worry. While Friday was the “day of death” we affectionally called Saturday our “day of art.” Because it was the weekend, our favorite boulangerie was closed. Instead, we returned to the café we had visited Thursday morning. I tried a pain au …
Day 6 – June 21, 2019
Paris We started the day bright and early, despite our exhaustion from our non-stop schedule finally setting in. After popping into our boulangerie for breakfast (flute au chocolat and croissant) we walked to the Père-Lachaise cemetery. There we saw the graves of Molière, Edith Piaf, Chopin, and Jim Morrison. Our next stop was the Sainte …
Day 5 – June 20, 2019
Giverny, Versailles I wasn’t sure about how this day would go initially, but I’m thrilled with how it turned out. We decided before we came to France that we would book a guided tour for Monet’s house in Giverny and the Versailles palace. We woke up so early in the morning that our boulangerie wasn’t …
Day 4 – June 19, 2019
Paris Jillian and I started the day with breakfast at the boulangerie down the street. I had a croissant and a strawberry tart (absolutely full of butter, delicious). We decided that to eat we would walk to see Victor Hugo’s house and the park that was nearby. We got a little turned around, saw a …
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